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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66

B.—Bony Skeletons

B.—Bony Skeletons.

1.Pagrus unicolor, Quoy & Gaim. (Snapper.)
2.Thyrsites atun, Euph. (Barracoota.)
3.Kathetostoma monopterygium, Bleek. (Cat-fish.)
4.

Regalecus argenteus, Parker. (Great Ribbon-fish.)

The deep-sea fishes of the genus Regalecus "are the largest of all Ribbon fishes, specimens being on record the length of which exceeded 20 ft. . . . One or more species are sometimes found on the British coasts, but they are very scarce, not more than sixteen captures having been recorded between 1759 and 1878."—Günther.

Cast ashore at Moeraki, cast coast of Otago, June, 1883. Length, 12 ft. 6 in.